Introduction to Using Apply/Map in Pandas
This section introduces the concept of applying functions to a Pandas DataFrame using apply/map.
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Concept
So far you’ve been mainly using filters and basic manipulation through groups or dates. You’ve also covered basic aggregation concepts, such as getting the count of records, or the mean of a certain column.
Sometimes, you may need to apply more complex functions to each record, cell, or column.
Syntax
Assuming you have a certain function my_magic_fn
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